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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBOiiO. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1890. N0- 30
a?mm"?' mi
The Haunted Chamber.
BY "THE DUCHESS."
Author of "Monica," "Mono, Soully,"
"Phyllis" etc.. etc.
CHAPTER XL
Every day and all day long there is
nothing but rehearsing. "In every corner
two or more may be seen studying together
the parts they have to play.
Florence Delinaine alone refuses to rehearse
her part except in full company,
though Mr.'Dynecourt has made many
attempts to induce her to favor him
with a private reading of those scenes
in which he and she must act together.
He had even appealed to Dora Talbot
to help him in this matter, -which she
is only too willine to do. as she is
secretly desirous offlingine the girl as
much in his way as nossiote. Indeed
anything that would keeo Florence out
of "Sir Adrian's sight would "be welcome
to her; so that she listens kindly to Arthur
Dynecourt when he solicits her
assistance.
"She evidently shuns me," he says in
an aggrieved tone to her one evening,
sinking into the seat beside hers. "Except
a aovotion to her that is singularly
sincere, I know of nothing about me
that can be regarded by her as an offense.
Yet it appears to me that she
disiikes me."
"There I am sure you are wrong," declares
the widow/ tapping his arm
lightly with a fan. "She is but a girl?
she harrtlv Imnws h?r n-nm Tnin^ "
"She seer 3 to know it pretty well
when Adrian addresses her," he says,
with a sulle.1 glance.
At this is. Talbot can not repress a
start; she grows a little pale, ana then
tries to hide her confusion by a smile.
But the smile is forced, and Arthur
Dynecourt, watching her, reads her
heart as easily as if it were an open
book.
"I don't suppose Adrian cares; for
her," he goes on quietly. "At least"?
here he drops his eyes?" I believe,
with a little judicious"management, his
thoughts might have been easily divertintA
OT?/*\4"nor r>V?"
V\A i-UVV MiiVWiLA
"You think so?" asks Mrs. Talbot
faintly, trifling with her fan. "I can
not say I have noticed that his attentions
to her have been in any way particular."
* y
"JSot as yet." agrees Dynecourt, studying
her attentively; "and if I might be
open with you," he adds, breaking oi?
abruptly and assuming an air of anx- ,
iety?'*vve might perhaps mutually help ,
each other."
"Help each other?"
"Dear Mrs. Talbot," says Dynecourt
softly, "lias it never occurred to you j
how "safe a thing it would be for my
cousin Sir Adrian to marry a sensible
woman?a woman who understands ,
the world and its ways?a woman
young and beautiful certainly, but yet
conversant with the convenances of "so- '
ciety? Such a woman would rescue Ad
rian from the shoals and quicksands j
that surround him in the form of mer- 1
cenary Mends and scheming mothers.
Such a woman might surely be found, j
2s ay, I think I myself eould pu* my
hand upon her, if I dared, at this mo
meat."
Mrs. Talbot trembles slightly, and J
blushes a good deal, btt says nothing. 1
aHe is my nearest of kin," goes on <
Dynecourt," in the same low impassive 1
voice. "Naturally I am interested in ]
him, and my interest on this point is i
surely without motive; as, were he '
never to marry, were ne to leave no i
heir, were he to" die some sudden death" i
?here a remarkable change overspreads
his features?"I should inherit all the <
land you see around you, and the title ]
besides."
Mrs. Talbot is still silent. She mere- i
ly bows her head in ascent. 3
"Then, you see, I mean kindly to- j
ward biro when I suggest that he i
should marry some one calculated to
sustain his rank in the world," contin- 1
used Dynecourt. "As I have said be- i
fore, I know one who would fill the position
charmingly, if she would deign ]
to do so." i
, "And who?" falters Dora Talbot nervously.
1
"May I say to whom I allude?" he i
murmurs. "Mrs. Talbot, pardon me if ]
I have been impertinent in thinking of j
you as that woman." 1
_* Uttle flickering smile adorns Dora's 1
lips for a moment, then, suddenly re- i
membering that smiles do not become ]
her. she relates into her former calm. 3
"You flatter me," she savs sweetly. 1
"I never flatter,"* he responds, with 1
telling emphasis. '"But, lean see you
are not angry, and so I am emboldened j
to say plainly, I would gladly see you \
my cousin's wife. Is the idea not alto- ]
gether abhorrent to vou?" <
"No. Oh^nol" " <
"It is perhaps?oardon me if I go too ;
far?even agreeable to you?" \
"Mr. Dyne-ourt," savs Mrs. Talbot, i
suddenly gb.acing at him and laying 1
her jeweled .ngers on his arm, "I will 1
confess to y< u that I am tired of being
alone?dependent on myself, as it were s
?thrown on my own judgment for the 1
answering of cverv question that '
arises. I w-.-uld gladly acknowledge a 2
superior head. I would have some one !
help me now and then with a word of
in fthort T -would have a hns- "
band. And''?here she lays her fan
against her 1'ps and glances archly at i
hun?"I confess too that I like Sir "Adrian
as?"well?as "well as any man I
know."
"He is a very fortunate man"?gravely.
"I would he knew his happiness."
"Not for worlds," says Mrs. Talbot,
with. well-feigned alarm. "You could
not even hint to him such a thing as?
as?" She stops, confused.
"I shall hint nothing?do nothing,
except what you wish. Ah, Mrs. Talbot"?with
a heavy sigh?"you are supremely
happy! I envy you! With your
fascinations and"?insinuatingly?"a
word in season from me, I see no reason
w&y you should not claim as your own
the man whom vou?well, let us say,
like; while I?"
"If I can befriend you in any way,"
interrupts Dora quickly, "command
me."
She is indeed quite dazzled by the
gicture he has painted before her eyes.
an it be?is it?possible, that Sir Adrian
may some day be hers? Apart
from his "wealth, she* regards him with
very tender feelings, and of late she
has"been rendered at times absolutely
miserable by the thought chat he had
fallen a victim to the charms of Florence.
Now if, by means of this man, her
rival can be'cept out of Adrian's way,
all may yet be well, and her host may
be brought to her feet before her visit
comes to an t-nd.
Of Arthur Dynecourt's infatuation
for Florence she" is fuTy aware, and is
right in deeming that part of his adml
rauonxor ta? uenuuiui gin utm gimui
out of his knowledge of her moneybags.
Still, she argues to herself, his
love is true and faithful, despite his
knowledge of her dot, and he will in all
prooaDinty maKe ner as gooa a nusoana
as she is likely to find.
"May I command you?" asks Arthur,
in his softest tones. "You know my
secret, I believe. Ever since that
last meeting at Brighton, when my
heart overcame me and made me show
my sentiments openly and inyourpres- J
ence, you have been aware of the hope- j
less passion that is consuming ne. I !
mav be m?d, but I still think that, j
with opportunities and time, I might j
it- loact t-nlprafcpd nv 2VilSS !
jLiXJ OViv ^ -- .
Delmaine. Will you help me in this ;
matter? Will you give me the chance |
of pleading my*cause v.ith her alone? j
By so doing"?with a meaning smile? |
"you will also give my cousin the happy j
chance of seeing you "alone."
Dora only too well understood his in
sin nation. .Latterly sir Adnan ana
Florence have been almost inseparable.
To now meet with one whose interest
it is to keep them asunder is very
pleasant to her.
Twill help vou," she savs in a low
trmp
"Then try to induce Miss Delmaine
to give me a private rehearsal to-morrow
in the north gallery " he whispers
hurriedly, seeing Capt. Kin^wood and
Miss Timers approaching. "HushI Not
another word? I rely upon you. Above
t all things, remember that what has occurred
is only between you and me. It
is our little plot," he says, with a curious
smile that somehow strikes a chill
to Mrs. Talbot's heart.
She is faithful to her word nevertheless,
and late that night, when all have
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aressing-gown, dismisses her maid, and
crossing the corridor, taps lightly at
the door of Florence's apartment.
Hearing some one cry "Come in," she
opens the door, and, having fastened it
again, goes over to where Florence is
sitting while her maid is brushing her
long soft hair that reaches almost to
the ground as she sits.
"Let me brush your hair to-night,
Flo," she says gayly. "Let me be your
maid for once. Kem ember how I used
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w uv xu avi jv/u. ?i_ic?u. vr u
were in Switzerland last year."
"Very well?you may," acquiesces
Florence, laughing. "Good-night, Parkins.
Mrs. Talbot has won you your
release."
Parkins having gladly withdrawn,
Dora takes up the ivory-handled brush
and gently begins to brush her cousin's ;
hair.
After some preliminary conversation
leading up to the subject she has in
hand, she says carelessly?
"By the by", Plo, you are rather oncivil
to Arthur Dvnecourt, don't you
think?"
"Uncivil?"
"Well?yes. That is the word for !
vrmT VIAVI o vinr him T fVnnV TV* .
you know, I am afraid Sir Adrian has
noticed it, and aren;t you afraid he will
think it rather odd "of you?rude, I
mean?considering he is hia cousin?"
"Not a very favorite cousin. I fancy."
"For all that, people don't like seeing
their relations slighted. I once knew
a man who used to abuse his brother
all day long, but, if any one else happened
to say one disparaging word of
him in his presence, It put him in a
pretty rage. And, after all, poor Arthur
nas done nothing to deserve actual
ill-treatment at your hands."
"I detest him. And, besides, it is a
distinct impertinence to follow any one
about from place to place as he has followed
me. I will not submit to it calmlv
Tf". a nnsifivA rw?r?p<*nHfYn
V - V. V rv*VVV^WiVA*.
"My dear, you must not blame him if :
he has lost his head about you. That ]
is rather a compliment, if anything."
"I shall always resent such compliments."
^
"xle is certainly very unmanly In all j
other ways, and I must say devoted to <
pou. He is handsome too, is he not; .
and has quite the air of one accustomed
:o command in society?" (
"Has he paid you to sine his praises?" ?
asks Florence, with a little laugh; but i
ler words so nearly hit the mark that t
Dora blushes painfully. i
"T mpinxi " sfiA at last, in a
rather hurried way, "that I do not :
;hink it is good form to single out any 1
)ne in a household where one is a guest; ?
:o show him pointed rudeness. You
itive all the others acting in this play i
ample opportunities of rehearsing alone t
with you. It has been remarket! to me i
by two or three that you purposely ]
slight and avoid Mr. Dyrlecourt. a
*3o I do," Florence admits calmly: t
adding, "Youx two or three have great r
l^rspicacity." s
"They even hinted to me," Dora goes
Dn deliberately, "that your dislike to f
turn arose from the fact that you were f
piqued at his being your stage lover, instead
of Sir Adrian!" r
It cost h. * an effort to utter these
srordsjtoit th? eflecs produced by them Q
is wexth the effor c
Florence, grovaiig deathly pale, releases
her hair from her cousin s grasp,
ana rises amcjtiy u> cer iecu "I
don't know who your gossips may 5'
to," she says slowly; "but tnev are D
tvrong? quite wrong?do yon near?
My dislike to Mr. Pynecourt arises 8
Erom very different feelings. He is dls- f
Wasteful to me in many ways; but, as I "
? - ?:? _t u a
mh tuaaesirous zn&z my maimct sxiuuiu jive
occasion for surmises snch as you ic
aave just mentioned to me, I will give &
turn an opportunity of reciting Ills part ?
me, alone, as soon as ever he ?
iriftUes." 1
"I think you are right, dearest," re- .
roo.nds Mrs. Talbot sweetly. She is a ?
Sfcle afraid of her cousin, but still f
maintains her position bravely. "It ia ?
always a mark ?f folly to defy public J
opinion. Do not wait for him to ask *
rou again to go through your play with
aim alone, but tell him yourself to- ?
morrow that yon will meet him for 1
uaat purpose m uie uujtuu gjuxcx * sumo
fime during the day." " ?
Terr well ," says Florence; but her 1
face still betray dislike and disinciina- \
tion to the course recommended. 1
"And. Bora, I don't think I want my x
hair brushed any more, thanks; my *
head is aching so dreadfully." " ?
This is a hint that she will be glad of j
Sirs. Talbot's speedy departure; and, *
that lady taking uiat hint, Florence is f
soon left t? her own thoughts. \
The next morning, directly after {
hraaVfast. she finds an onoortunitv to *
tell Mr. Dynecourt that ske will give
him half an hour in the north gallery J
to try over his part with her, as she (
considers it will be better, and more
conducive to the smoothness of the ,
piece, to learn any little mannerism 1
that may belong to either of them.
To this speech Dynecourt makes a \
suitable reply, and names a particular ;
hour for thsm to meet. Miss ueimainc, ,
having given a grave assent to this ar- \
rangement, moves away, as though ]
glad to be rid of her companion. ,
A few minutes afterward Dynecourt,
meeting Mrs. Talbot in the hall, gives >
her an expressive glance, and tells her
in a low voice that ne considers himself .
deeply in her debt. 3
1
CHAPTER III. j
"You are late," savs Arthur Dyne- ;
court in a low tone. There is no anger
in it: there is indeed onlv a desire to 1
E.iow how tedious have been the moments
spent apart from her.
"TT 1 V>AA1? AT* /IA
nave you urouglll/ YUUJL ucrviv, Ui uw
you mean to go through your part without
it?" Florence asks, disdaining to
notice his words, or to betray interest
in anything except the business that
has brought them together.
MI know my part by heart," he responds,
in a strange voice.
"Then begin," she commands somewhat
imperiously; the very insolence of
her air only give's an additional touch
to her extreme beauty and fire3 hi3
ardor.
"You desire me to begin?" he asks
unsteadily.
"it you wisa it."
"Do* you wish it?"
"I desire nothing more intensely than
to get this rehearsal over," she replies
impatientlv.
You tafce no pains indeed to hide
vonr scorn of me" says Dynecourt bitterly.
"I regret it, if I have at any time
treatea you with incivility," returns
Florence,with averted eyes and with in
creasing coldness. "iei 1 must aiways
think that, for whatever has happened,
you have only yourself to blame.*
"Is it a crime to love you?' he demands
boldly.
| "Sir,"she exclaims indignantly, and
; raising her beautiful eyes to his" for a
moment, "I must request you will
: never speak to mo of love. There is
' neither sympathy nor common friend- >
linsss between us. You are well aware
/
d
w;t?x wiiut sentiments l regard you."But,
vfhj am I alone to be treated
with contempt?* be asks, vtiOi swlden
passion. "Ail other men of your ae
quaintance are graciously received by
you, are met with smiles and kindly
words. Upon me alone your eyes rest,
when they deign to glance in my direction.
witn marked disfavor. All the
world can see it. I am signaled out
from the others as one to be slighted
and spurned-."
"You forgot yourself,0 says Florence
contemptuously. "I have met you here
to-day to rehearse our parta for next
Tuesday evening, not to listen te any
insolent words you may wisi t* addresa
to me. Lai us bearm"?openiar her
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"I know my part only too ttcIj; it Is to
worship you madly, hopslwslr. Tonr
very cruelty only serves to heighten impassion.
Florence, hear mel"
"I will not," she'savs, her eyes flashing.
She waves bim Back from her as
ho endeavors to take her hand. "Is ii
not enough that I have been p?rsec?tr
ed by vour attentions?attentions most
hateful to me?for the past year, but
vou must now obtrude them upon me
here? You compel me to tell you ia
plain words what my manner must
nave shown you only too clearly?that
vou are distasteful to me ia every way,
that yonr very p^sence treubles me,
that your touch fe abhorrent to mel"
"An," he says, stepping back as she
hurls these words af nim, and regard
my ner wren a xace aiswjnoa uj passion,
"if I were the master here, instead
of the poor cousin?if I were Sir
Adrian?your treatment of me would
be very different!"
At the mention of Sir Adrian's name
the color dies out of her face and she
crows deadly pale. Her lips quiver,
but her eyes do not droop.
"I do not understand you," she says
proudly.
"Then you shall," responds Dynecourt.
"Do you think I am blind, that
i. u*n xiuv 900 uujt vuu n<tvc givoju .yuui.
proud heart to my "cousin, tnat he has
conquered where other men have
failed; that, ?ren before he has declared
any lore for you, you h^ve, in
spite of your pride, given all your affection
to him?"
"You insult me " cries Florence -with
piiveping lips. She looks faint, and is
trembling visibly. If this man has
read her heart aright, may not all
quests have read it too? May not even
Adrian himself have discovered her secret
passion, and perhaps despised her
'or it, as being unwomanly?
"And more, goes on Dynecourt, exalting
iu the torture he can see he is
inflicting; "though you thrust from you
m hmirivaMA lnvA ffir nriA that livPR nn
y in your imagination, I will tell you
:hat Sir Adrian lias other views, other
intentions. I have reason to know
3iat, when Le marries, the name of his
wide will not be Florence Pel main e."
'"Leave me. sir," cries Florence, rousng
herself from her momentary weakioss.
and speaking with all her old fire,
'and. never presume to address me
igain. Go!"
She points with extended hand to the
loor at the lower end of the gallery.
5o standing, with her eyes strangely
aright, and ner perfect figure drawn up
;o its fullest height, she looks superb
n her disdainful beauty.
Dynecourt, losing his self-possession
is he gazes upon her, suddenly flings
limself at her feet and catches her
Lress in his hands to detain her.
"Have pity on me,B he cries implorngly;
"if is'my unhappy love for you
hat has driven me to sr>e?k thusl Whv
s Adrian to have all* and I nothing?
He has title, lands, position?above
ind beyond everything, the priceless
reasure of your love, whilst I am banfcnpfc
in. alL Show me some mercy?
ome kindness'"
They are both so agitated that they
ail to kear the sound of approaching
ootsteps.
"Release me, sir," cries Florence imperiously.
"Nav; first answer me one question,3
ntreats Dynecourt. "Do you love my
ousin?'
"I care nothing for Sir Adrian!" relies
Florence distinctly, and in a
oraewhat raised tone, her self-pride
eing touched to the quick.
Two figures who have entered the
allerr by the second door at the npper
ad of it, hearing these wopds uttered
1 an emphatic tone, start and glance
t the tableau presented to their view
>wer down. They hesitate, and, oven
s they do so, they can see Arthur
>ynecourt seize Florence Delmaine's
ahA, and, apparently unrebu&ed, Kiss
fc passienatelv.
<JThen I shall hope still," he saya in a
>w but impressive voice, at which the
wo who have just entered turn and
>eat a precipitate retreat, fearing that
hey may be seen. One is Sir Adrian,
he other Mrs. Talbot.
"Dear me," stammers Dora, in pretty
onfusion, "who would have thought
t? I was never so amazed in my life."
Sir Adrian, who has turned very
ale, and is looking greatly distressed,
aakes no reply. He is repeating over
,nd over again to himself the words he
tas just heard, as though unable and
m willing to comprehend them. aI care
lothing for Sir Adri an!" They strike
Ike a Knoll upon his ears?a deathmen
to all his dearest hopes. And that
ellow on his knees before her, kissing
ter hand, and telling her he will still
lope! Hope for what? Alas, he tells
limself, he knows only too well?her
ove!
"I am so glad they have made it up,"
Dora goes on, lookiag up sympatheti- .
:ally at Sir Adrian.
v,r\V T >>o/l t?a t,h.AT
iliauo 1U UK/i A UUIA 4AV
vere more mart ordinary ana very new
tcapamtances."
'ut is quite a year since we first metArthur
in Switzerland," responds Dora
lemurely, calling Dynecourt by his
Christian name, a thing sh^ has neverlone
before, because she knows it will
tfve Sir Adrla? tie impression that!
;hey are on very intimate terms with*
lis cousin. "He has been our shado
jver since. I wonder vou did not notice*
ais devotion in town/' ' I
"I noticed nothing," says Sir Adrian ,-j
miserably; "or, if I did, it was only to I
form wrong impressions. I firmly be- j
u?nra co?incr Mifw T)?lma.rne and At-3 I
thur together here, that she betrayednothing
but a rooted dislike to him." '
"They had not been good friends of
late," explains Dora hastily; "that we
all could see. And Flore'nce is very
peculiar, you know; she is quite the.
dearest girl in the world, and I adore
her; but I will confess to vou"?with
another upward and bewitching glanca
from the charming blue eyes?'*tnkt she
has her little tempers. ISfot very naughty
ones, you know"?shaking her head
archly? but just enough to make on#
a bit afraid of her at times; so I nevei.
ventured to ask her why she treated
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cruelly."
"And you think now that?" Sir Ad?
rian breaks off without finishing the
sentence. '
"That she has forgiven him whatever
offense he committed? Yes, after whai
we have just seen?quite a sentimentallittle
episode, was it not??I can not
help cherishing the hope that all is
again right between them. It could
not have oeen a very grave quarrel, as
Arthur is incapable of a rudeness; but
then dearest Florence is so capricious!"
"Hi-tempered and capricious!" Car
the girl he loves so ardently be guilty
of these faults? It seems incredible t
Sir Adrian, as he remembers her sunn
smile and gentle manner. But then, j
it not her dearest triexia wno is spsaj?
in? of her?tender-hearted little I)or?
Talbot, who seems to think well <f
every one, and who manners sucf
pretty speeches even about Arthur
who, if the truth be told, is not exactjf
"dew" in the sight of Sir Adrian.
"You tirmtc t&ere is, or was, an ec i
cacament between Arthur aixd MjS I
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?
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v <
ma?wnMcanUO?
Deimainer- ne oegins, witn nis eyes
fixed upon the ground.
"I think nothing, you silly man,"
aavB the widow playfully, "until I am
told it. But I am glad Florence is
once more friendly with poor Arthur;
he is positively wrapped ut> in her.
ixow, uas luai utteresuug luvuxiu vc su
nearly interrupted given you a distaste
for all other pictures? Shall we try the
smaller gallery?"
"Just as you will."
-"Of course"?with a girlish laugh?"It
would be imprudent .to venture again
iato the one we have just quitted. By
this time, doubtless, they are quite reconciled?and?"
"Yes?yes," interrupts Sir Adrian
hastily, trying in vain to blot out the
picture she hits raised before big eyes
?f Florence in her lover's arm*. 'What
y>i\ h^ve just told me ha? iJtlre taken
me by 1:7rise," he goes 00 iiervously.
"I should never have gucwi it froc
Miss Delmxine's manner; it iniis misled
me."
"Well, between you and me." says
Dora, raising herself on tiptoe, as
though to "whisper in his ear, and so
comi*g vary close to him, "I am afraid
my dearest Florence is a little sly!
Yes, really; you wouldn't think it,
would you? The dear gir! has such a
sweet ingenuous face?quite the loveliest
face on earth, I think, though some
pronounce it too com. jbut; sne is very
self-contained; and to-day, you see, she
has given you an insight into this slight
fault in her character."
"She has indeed," agrees Sir Adrian,
with a smothered groan.
""Woll" ? triumphantly ? "and yet,
here we find her granting him a private
audience, when she believed we were
all safely out of the way; and in the
north gallery too, which, as a rule, i3
deserted."
"She didn't know we were thinking
of driving to the hills," gays Sir Adrian,
to aging a feeble effort to find a
flaw fn his companion's statement.
"Oh, yes, she did!" declares the wid
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two hours ago, that I intended askinjr
yon to make a party to go there, as I
aote en lovely scenery; and I dare say"
?coquettiahly ? "she knew ? I mean
thought?you would .not refuse so 6mall
a request of mine. But for poor La<iy
FitzAlmont's headache we should be
there now."
"It is true," admits Sir Adrian, feeling
that the last straw has descended.
And now that I think of it," the
widow goes on, even mere vivaciously,
the reason she assigned for not coming
with us must have been a feigned o*e.
Ah, slyboots that she is!" laughs Mrs.
Talbot merrily. "Of course, she wanted
the course clear to have an explanation
with Arthur. Well, after all, that was
only natural. ?wt ane mignt nave
trusted me, whom she knows to be her
true friend."
UJ-tempered?capricious?sly! Aud
all tlxese faults are attributed to Florence
by "her true friend!" A quotation
assigned to Marechal Yillars when takingleave
of LouisXIV. oecura to him
?^Defend me from my friends." The
words return to him persistency; but
then he looks down on Dora Talbot,
and stares straight into her liquid blue
eyes, so apparently gmieiess ana pure,
and tells himself that he -wrongs her.
Yes, It is a pity Florence has not put
greater faith in this kind little woman,
a pity for all of them, as then many
heart-breaks might have been prevented.
[Continued.]
A CANING AT CLAFLIN.
Tue Maftuto lhaplain Beaten by a White
Professor?A Race War Theatened as a
Result of the Affair. y
Charleston, S. C., March 4.?There J
are symtoms of a race trouble at Claflin i
University, one of the largest colored
uairersities in the South. This morniog
Professor W. 8. DeTreville. white, ad
ministered a caning to J. If. Cardoza,
the mulatto chaplain of the College.
The chaplain was badly beaten, ia fact (
w-s knocked senseless.
On hearing of the fight, the colored
student's to the number of several hundred,
gathered and proceeded to the depot
with the avowed intention of lynching
DeTreville.
The white people of the town of
Orangeburg also assembled and * conflict
teemed inevitable. Dr. Dunton the
pres dent of the college, however, heart? i
of the affray and soon quieted matters by ;
sending the students back to the col- (
lege.
Professor DeTreville claims that C&rdoza
made certain remarks in a class
room reflecting upon him and that this !
was his reason for punishing him. j
Cardoza is a brother of F. L. Cardoza,
who was State Treasurer under Frank
Moses' administration as Governor of
South Carolina, during the reconstruc- ,
tion period. He is a minister in^the
Northern M. E. Church. i
Claflin College is one of the largest ,
universities for colored students in the
South. It has upwards of 800 pupils on
its roll and is supported partly by the
State aud .partly by the Agricultural ,
Land Scrip. The trouble appears to be
fisrionfl.
The Quorum Question.
The programme to be pursued to
test the constitutionality ox the transaction
of any business by the House ol
Representatives without a quorum,
present and voting, has been substantially
agreed upon. It is proposed
^iat Mr. John 0. Pendleton, who was
E?seated by a vote of less than a
Borum, shall make a claim upon the
Bpasurv for the pay to become due
him as a member of the House of Rep
A /I
resentatives trom tne Jtfirst v^ongreafiional
District of West Yergiaia. Upon
the disallowing of this claim- by the
accounting officers he will proceed to
bring suit in the Court of Claims, and
endeavor to have the case advanced
for immediate tiial, and in case of an
adverse decision take an appeal to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
where a motion will also be made to
advance the case, as one aflecting great
public interests. In case the hearing
in either the Court of Claims or the
Supreme Court of the United States
should be very much retarded, another
plan has been suggested. It is to nave
Mr. Pendleton bring a mandamus suit
to compel the auditing and payment
of his salary, on the ground that he is
still a member of Congress as he could
not be unseated by less than a v -institutional
majority, and that the auditing
and payment of his salary i3 a
Durely ministerial act.?Washington
Gazette,
i
I What the Flood Accomplished.
! Caieo, Ills., March 6.?The Ohio
1 river is now over fiftj miles wide at this
point. It extends from the Cairo levee,
which holds it backed up 45 feet ab?ve
low water mark, into Kentucky, till it
strikes the hills there, forming one solid
sheet of water, except for the narrow
strips of rock bound earth upon which
the Mobile and Ohio aad IUinoii Central
railroads run south. A mile below
here it joins the Mississippi, whicji in
, turn extent into Missouri another 50
miles, making the combined width ol the
, two rivers over one hundred miles. )
I
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WHAT IRELAND WANTS.
C 1 ~~
THE NATIONAL AGITATION DEFINED
BY MR. T. P. O'CONNOE.
Ft-d-ratJoB, N?t Separatieu,?A Viccroy,
a. Cabinet and One House or raruamem
Are (he Feature* of Ireland's Home
Rale.
London, Mch. 6.?T. P. O'Connor,
editor of the Star and member of
Parliament, wasseen by a reporter at
the of??9 of his paper today engaged
in Writing leading articles and was
asked this que3iion: "What improvement
or change in the internal government
of Ireland, short of absolute
independence, would the Irish party
cocider satisfactory?"
la reply Mr O'Connor said: "At the
outset let me say that no member of
the Irish party regards absolute separation
a? possible. Nor is there a single
member who reg&rdgs this severance
favorably, even in the thsory.
The finding in the report of the Par
.u~? 1 xr_
ueu cue mat auuicmcuiuci ui wc national
party and joined tk? Land
League with a view to even!nal disruption
of the empire is not only false,
but to all Irishmen acquainted with
the actual facte of the case and the
character ol ?the gentlemen named,
was a misapprehension so grotesque
as to deprive the report of the Judge's
opinion on Irish politics of any solid
value whatever.
"I am glad to see that the American
press coincide with my opinion that
the net result will be an immense
gain to the cause oflreland. TheJndgee
I who acquitted us, as a matt r of fact,
; partially condemned us by inference;
in other words, their lordships acquitted
individuals, but convicted organizations.
But the acquittals will be remembered,
and the convictions forgotten.
How absurd it was to let three
pedai/tic black-letter lawyers pronounce
cn a movement which is so vast
in scope and so portentous in consequence,
and which, in view of the
fierce passons aroused, and the enor
? a ?ArV/\1 n
UIUUB ilJICrCDU) iWCOUOVIj JU9 ML Cb I
tionary character.
"Then you must remember that the
three Judges were pronounced political
opponents of the Irish cause. Two
of them were bigoted Tories and the
third a liberal Unionist. Why, sir,
did not Sir Charles Russell prove in
his speech yesterday in the House that
the tribunal was intentionally packed
by the government?
"However, the Irish party is confident
ef what it wants and will have it
at the next general election."
"But what style of government,"
asked the reporter, "will satisfy the
party of Mr. O'Connor?"
With a superb gesture, Mr. O'Connor
repled: "A Vieeroy aided by a
responsible Cabinet?a National Irish
Parliament consisting of one chamber
only. The party of Ireland mate no |
common cause with any labor movement
beyond a general sympathy with
the poor and oppressed all over the
world.
"We, as a party have no affiliation
with socialism or any other ism. We
are content to follow the course marked
out for us by our fathers in the glorious
though short time of Ireland's
free Parliament, when loyalty to the
Crown and to the country were the
distinguishing characteristics of such
men as G rat tan, Saurin and others,
who, though differing in creed from
the mass of the people, yet bent their
best energies to the common cause of
their countrv. and under whose influ
ence Ireland prospered to an extent
unequaled by any nation of the
world.
THE COUNTY MEETINGS.
As Satiaato ?t tb* Prabable Tot* o* tha
Matter ! Naatiatltii.
The returns from the county mast
meetings of farmers collected from the
reports to the Greenville New* and
other new?papert give the following
r emits:
Edcefield, Laurems and Marlboro
instructed their delegates for March
nominations and B. R. Tillman for
Governor.
Union sends a delegation instructed .
to vote for March nominations.
Greenville, Fairfield, Andersen,
Chester, Colleton, Marien, Aiken,Lex
iagton and York tend uninstructed
delegations. The Fairfield. Cheater .
and Aiken delegations probably contaim I
strong majorities favoring nomina- |
tions. The others are equally divided
or contain maj orities opposing nominations
in March.
Oconee, Abbeville, Orangeburg,Sumter,
Clarendon, Barnwell and Fioreice
send delegations actually er virtually
instructed against nominations.
Charleston, Hampton, Richland, '
Kershaw, Horry, Darlington, Beaufort
and Berkeley held no meetings.
~ j- ?
spstrutuourg St*UUK UViiLCauoj am.VI
opposing delegations.
Lancaster, Pickeni and Newberry
are to hold meetings later.
Georgetfcwn, Williamsburg and Chesterfield
are not reported.
The indications are that 11 of the 35 1
counties will l?e unrepresented in the
March convention. The remaining 34
J : ? J , J
arc Uiviu.cu.Ro iviivno. a
For March nominations, 4
Against, 7
Uninstructed, 9
Contested, 1 ?
To meet, 2 |
Counting bj delegates, so far as reported,
the conventien will open with
its members divided thus?
For nominations, 34
Against, 64
Uninstructed, 82
To control the convention the advooates
of March nominations must capture
more than two-thirds of the uninstructed
delegates, and thejthree coun
ties which are likely to send delegates,
but have not yet done so.?Greenville
News.
Boston Street Car Manners.
Tbe BostoD Transcript relates this little
story of street car manners: "A ladj
and gentleman enter a car at the same
moment, the former by the rear, the
latter by the front. Tbe gentleman
hastily appropriates the only vacant seat,
which happens to be next to an individual
who 13 evidentlv net a total ab
staiDer. The inebriated party, rising
from his seat, offers it to the lady, re
marking at the same time: 'Madam, I
offer you my seat; I am drunk today, but
tomorrow I shall be sober; as for that
man there,' pointing to the one "Who bad
just sat down, 'he is a hog today, and
will be a hog tomorrow.'" This is a
striking instance of in vino veritat.
?Edwin Cowles, editor aud proprietor
of the Cleveland Leader, died Tuesday,
aged 65.
A CHECK TO CHANDLER.
The President Said to be Opposed.'to Ex*
treme Lezlslatioo lor the South.
In course of the last two or three
months the President has had numer
ous conversations with Senators and
Representatives oa the subject of
Southern affairs. As intimated in his
annual message, he is in favor of the
passage of a supplementary Federal
election law, bat it is understood that
he is not willing to go to the extreme
length advocated by such malignant
demagogues a* Chandler and others.
Any law designed to control the manner
of elections must be formed to
meet his views; otherwise he is not
the man to sign it. It is not believed
he will be inclined to favor any meas
ure the effect of which wouia oe to interfere
or influence in any way the local
elections in the South. Mr. Harrison
is a strong partisan, but he has
alwasbeen a strict constructionist of
of the constitution, and according to
the reports of those who have talked
with him, he finds no warrant under !
existing circumstances for any attempted
interference by Congress
with local government in the
South. 1
TJifl Tirtna an/7 duoiim ftf m?n flfl 1
| A MVI MV|/W OJUU U?sllgU VA wuvu w? ? *- |
Chandler is to pass a measure broad |!
enough to make federal appointees f1
practically supervisors of local ele> 1
tions in the South. The initial step in
this programme was his presenting in '
the Senate yesterday of a "cooked 1
up" petition relative to the Arkansas
State election of 1888. There are Republicans
in both houses, however,
who share the opinions of the Presi
dent and will not be inclined to gratify
Chandler's malignity. Whatever
election measure is finally passed will
in aU probability be confined to regulations
concerning the manner of elections
of members of the House of Rep- j
resentatives. The idea of the Repub- 1
licans is that a law can be framed .the .
result of which will give to them a
sufficient number of congressional districts
in the South to overbalance any
thing short of an overwhelming tidal
wave in favor of the Democracy in the
North. The President and some other
leading Republicans think the party
should be satisfied with this. Such
calculation is not sound because it is
based upon the assumption that the
entire nergo vote is to be held in perpetual
slavery by the Republican par- ^
cy.?Baltimore oun.
THE ALLEGED SLATE. *
c
Whu ii dal4 ?r It kr Ob* of tkej Alleged j
Caadidates f
Id the Newi and Courier of Wedues- c
day, there appeared an article purpor- g
ing to give an interview with a dram- ^
mer, who profeised to have discovered i
in ni8 traven inrouga tae aiate a cicicec c
which had been already "cut and dried" a
for tbc March convention in Columbia, i
The alleged "slate," as far as it goes, is r
as follows: c
"For Governor, Benjamin. R. Till- j
man, of Edgefield. t
"For Lieutenant Governor, John W. i
Ferguson, of Laurens. t
"For Secretary of State,M. L- Don- \
aldson, of Greenville. i
"For Attorney General, Y. J. Pope, j
of Newberry. ?
"For Adjutant General, Hugh L. j
Farley, of Spartanburg. i
"TT/vr flnTrinfrnTlai- "CI T1 l
Stackhouse, of Marion. (
Hon. M. L. Donaldson, State Senator
from Greenville County, and manager of
the State Alliance Exchange, is, it will
be noticed, put on this alleged "slate of 1
Captain Shell" for the office of Secretary ?
of State. Mr. Donaldson was seen at his *
office in the Cleveland block, by a re- *
porter for the Daily News yesterday, *
and asked his opinion of the so-called 1
slate.
Mr. Donaldson expressed doubt as to
whether the publication, being purely I
j *1. r 4.1 _ t l J 5
auu oc us iace ugauiDoncmve, anouiu be
noticed at all or not. The statements 1
attributed to the "drummer" did not, 2
certainly, bear any evidence of friendli- "
aeas to the cause of the farmers, and
there were ear marks about the article
that might lead oie to doubt that the
alleged "drummer" was a drummer after
all.
Speaking for himself, Mr. Donaldson
said that he knew nothing whatever of
th? "slate"printed in the News and Courier.
Ha was at a loss to know where
the "drummer" obtained his in'ormation.
He waa not in posseision of any
such information himself, nor did he
believe the information was correct. "I
am not," Mr. Donaldson said, "a candi
date for any position on the State ticket. 1
My present position at the head of the (
State Alliance exchange I consider a '
highly honorable and responsible one
and my time is wholly taken by it. As
to my name being on the 'slate' for any ]
State office -whatever, that is a mis- ]
take." j
Mr. Donaldson said that he was, of j
course, thoroughly and heartily ia sym- i
patby with the Farmers' Movement and ;
he was glad to see it growing among the
people. At the proper time, either now
or later, he was in favor of the State
ticket being put in the field to represent
the purposes and principles of the Farmers'
Movement. "Who should be ob that
ticket, he could not sav and he certain!?
' ? V
did not kn?w of any ticket being "cut
and dried for the March Convention."
He did Dot believe there was any *'slate"
at all.?Greonville News.
Another Victim of a Feud.
A special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from Barboursville, Ky., says: Sunday
at Flat Lick, Sheriff Calloway Carnes :
was fatally shot by a desperado named
Bill Smith, leader ofthe Smith, faction ,
of the Smith Slushar feud. Tie de puty :
sheriff attempted to arrest one of the
Smith party. Their leader objected,
and opened fire with a Winchester
rifle, one ball passing through the ;
dunutv sheriffs bod v. Carnes a broth
er-in-law of the Messeres, four of the
most desperate men in the mountains, !
who are also members of the Slusher
side of the feud. They rallied their
forces and started in pursuit of Smith's "
crowd, but have not yet come in con- I'
tact with each other. Should they do
so, a battle will be the result. Either
side numbers over 35 men. well
armed.
A Brutal Murder in Liaurens.
Laurens. S. C., March 4.?A negro
named William Ray ford, livingon Tom
Wether's place, about six miles east :
of this olace, disappeared several days '
ago. Foul play was suspected and ,
search was instituted, and his dead '
body was found yesterday in an old
well near by. It had every appear
| ance of a. mo*t brutal murder. At the
I {msinaaf i-Via TLri-fo <->f ^ Aflfl !
VUiUUVi O iU^UWV uuv fiMw V* vmw ?
negro testified that Bob Sheldon, colored,
told her that he had killed her husband,
and this with other jircumstances
led to the arrest of Sheldon. The
accused refuses to talk. He is in jail.
w
KILLED THE WOMEN.
A Terrlle Table *f African slaves In sc.
Tine ot Tkirtt.
A letter from. Zanzibar says that
over a year ago a caravan ot isw Araos
left the East Coast to go into the interior
to trade. They have now return*!
and one of the chiefs relates
their adventures. Arriving at Kaviron- i
do on the northeast shore of "Victoria !
Hyanza,, the Arabs saw that the natives
had a good deal of ivory and
that they had no guns. They attack- ,
1? chnnt.ivior
vtt LUC LilUCj <?11U VUVi *-/ I'HV
had gone 011 long the natives were J
willing to do anything to make peace. ,
After a long palaver with the chiefs j
the Arabs agreed to leave the country ,
upon the payment to them of two hundred
tusks of ivory and two hundred
young women. The natives were glad
to get rid of the enemy even on these hard
conditions. As soon as they received
the ivcry and the women the (
Arabs started for the coast. They had ,
a terrible time in the Masai country.
There was a drought and they almost 3
perished of thirst- Then provisions ,
became scarcer and scarcer ana tne
whole party was in danger of starvation.
Finally tlie Arab chief decided
that in order to save themselves and
their ivorv it would be necessary to
sacrifice their femala slaves, who were
very weak from their deprivations and
could inarch no farther.
That night all of these 200 young
women were shot to death, and their
bodies were left in the camp for beasts
3f prey. The victims bappily had not
i moment's warning of their impend- 0
ng fate. Each murderer selected his ^
victim, and the horrible crimt was ac- s
;omplished so speedily that fe:v of the ?
ivomen me-ae auy ouicry. >y na euen
orce3 thus summarily reluced the ^
ILrabs were able to pull through the c
lesert region, obtaining little more T
bod th j.n barely enough to sustain ?
ife. j
The chief who related these facts
n Zanzibar showed no compunctions j(
whatever for the terrible crime in
yhich he had assisted, but he mention- r
)d the massacre only to arive an idea *
>f the great loss they had sustained by ?
.he necessary sacrifice of their 200
ilaves. It is a curious fact that some
)f the murderers were troubled in
nind because their necessities had g
impelled them to eat rats and other g
mclean food, which is prohibited to a
Mohammedans on the march. c
Does Farming Pay? t
Tiiis question is constantly asked and
ilways provokes discussion. Whether *
arming pays, says the Columbus Enjuirer
Sun, depends more on the farmer
han anything else. Among the many *
arm^ra in f'no Slt-ofa Mn 9n?tH?r C
utuIVia iU vuv KJVUbV ?tuv vmu mmwi v. ??w .
jtury affirmatively is Hon. James M. 1
Smith of Oglethrope county. H? is now
without doubt the iargest and wealth- .
eat planter in the State, a plain, practi- *
?I, commomeense man who began life *
ifter the war a poor boy without a dol- ^
ar's capital. We get it from a gentle- *
nan who recently risked Oglethrope
tounty that Col. Smith's receipts from last *
rtar's operations ranged somewhere be- j:
ween $150,000 and $200,000. One big
tew was his crop of 1800 bales of coton.
Besides there were thousands of 1
>ush?ls of corn, wheat, oats, etc. Col.
Smith also runs profitably an oiL mill ?
ind fertilizer factory, to eay nothing of
t short line railroad, of which he is J
iresident and general manager. All this *
mmense business was built up by a 1
'armer on his farm.?Aucusta Chroni
;le- . I!
A Human Hand. Petrified. ?
Mr. W. H. Jones, of Atlanta, made a ^
emarkable find in Florida a few days f
igo. Tbis is no more nor less than a pe- s
rifled human hand. It was found imjedded
in the satd, only a few feet
rom the surface, between Cockledge ^
ind Cocoa, on the Indian river.
"The hand," says the Times-Union, <
'must have been severed many years ago
)erhaps by the Indians, 'l'&e lingers
ire partially, closed, the thumb resting <
ightly against the fore and middle fin- ^
jera, and it was a young woman's hand j
?one of the most shapely, refined and g
ielicate that could be imagined. The
:ap?ring fingers, naij and dainty wrist i
jelODged, one must imagine, to a lady
>f great beauty. Near ihe wrist joint j
s the clearly-defined mark of a brace- -i
et. Tracings of the veins, muscles and j
irterie?, and the porous condition of i
land and wrist, indicate tnat it is tne
latural human hand, petrified. The (
;rease* in the palm are perfect. No
itone or marble of which we have any
knowledge, at present, could present
mch features, and if it was the work of
in artist his name would rank with that ,
>f the f nest sculptors of ancient or modern
times, nor would such a work likely
lave baea thrown away or lost," jfi
Should Keep Her Half Still.
A lovinevoung husband of Cincinnati !
possesses a pretty young -wife and sweet: ;
little baby who is as good as he can be!
in the daytime, but who has a penchant
for making the air resound with hia
cries. The dear little thing was giving
bis usual concert several nights ago.
His audience was tired out. The i4happy
father" was trying bard to persuade
the old sand man to fill his eyes and
transport him tc :be]and of nod. Still
the baby yelled.
"Dearest," growled this loving young
husband, "hadn't vcu better gefc up and
walk around the room and get your baby
quiet?"
"My oabj," responded 4'Dearest.'I:
"well* I think about one-ha^f of jt is
youra!"
"Oh, I don't care how much. noise iny
half makes,T' answered the villtan. "You
just keep your half still."?Times.
Regulating Hours of Labor.
Richmond, Ya., March 6.?The bill to
regulate the hours of labor in factories
where females and children, under fourteen
years of age -are employed, passed
both Houses aacL 'went to the Governor a
few days ago. "The bill provides that
no child under: the above nge shall work
la any xaciory more invn icu uvum a
day. Sine?. i.ts passage, the Goverr" has
received numerous protests against it
from Lynclr.burg, Danville and other
prominent tobacco manufacturing points
of the State, -with urgent requests to
withhold hi^ signature, unless ne wished
to see the Victories ruined. Notwithstanding
thest- applications and protests,
the Governor io-aay signed the bill, and
it is now a law,
?A. suit I ia? been brought for $100
by Charles-' Le Baw, a detective,
against Mr. Charles A. Stevenson, the
actor, as s- ois.se for certain injuries
which, he t tags, were caused^yajn
Stevenson7 s?sts and bootg^fl H
sault is sai 3. to have been^H
fVifi nmnlm r?nanY. nf
Duv vui ?u?/uv v*
Kate Clax ton, who vjM
being info: Xned. of kttgfl
merits.
?The cieatfc M
Easton, "Mass.,
widow of Olivc^
ty-sever.; fears
READS LIKE REED,
The Faraser* Split en March KaniiatlMi.
Pursuant to the call of Capt. J. W.
Striblibg, County Chairman of the
Farmers' Association, abeut 150 farmers
met in the Court Home on Monday
at 12 o'cleck to elect delegates to
th? convantion to be held this month
in Columbia for nomiaating a State
ticket, Capfc Geo B. Dean was elected
Chairman, and B. A. Laacaster
Secretary. Dr. B. M. Smith moved to
appoint a committee to nominate delegates.
Mr. Eber Smith wanted the
delegates elected by the convention
and moved to lay Dr. Smithy motion
an the table. He was secondedBy'tJi^P^^^
Stribling,
UTT.? ?*
X OUT UIUUOU ? vuw VI viuvi u?
blared the chairman.
"Why?" came in amazement from
Mr. Eber Smith.
' You are hostile to the objects of
;he meeting and have no right to
rote."
It fell like a bortfb shell, and pandemonium
broke lcose. Good farmers
wanted to know why Capt. Dean had
;he right to judge their motives and to
lecree that they mere not entitled to ^?*
speak in a farmers' meeting, to role ?hat
the chairman of the larmers~as^'
iociation of the County had no right
o come into its conventions or to par??->
itc nrrirj*txHnms? an anvaal
' t": ,?7?-? ~T -*X - ?
vas taken from tne chairman's rulings
Lad he ruled that he would entertain
10. appeal.
Things got warm. Mr. T. E. Moore
ras pouriag hot shot into the chair,
:nd a dozen other men trying to get
he floor. Capt. Dean threw up the
iponge 2nd asked Dr. Smith to take
L.e chair. This did not improve maters.
Mr. Moore renewed the motion
o table. Dr. Smith ruled it out ot
>rder "because he was hostile to the
>urpese of the meeting and had no
+/N w/ifa "in onru>?1 TTflJ? fffjlfcfln.
igau W TVWt 1111 ?. w a .
le refused to entertain it.
Rebellion was rampant but poweress.
"All in favor of appointing a comnittee
of nine to nominate delegates
o Colombia say aye," said the Chairnan.
A score of voices cried "aye'"
"It is carried," said Dr. Smith.
"Arnt you going to ?puc the other
ide?" exclaimed Mr. Moore. "No"
aid Dr. Smith, "all who would vote
gainst the motion are hostile to the .
ibjects of the meeting and are not enitled
to vote;"
"Well, I'll De aurnea," saia some*
>ody in the crewd.
D"c. Smith appointed the committee
o select delegates. On this committee
te appointed Maj. Claude C! Tomer, * ^
me of the most rampant Republicans ?
n the State, so conspicuous in the late
.lection trials.
The committee retired and brought
a the following delegation: Geo. B.
)ean, Moses Wood, James W. Foster,
B. O, Landrum, W. C. 8. Wood,
Slias Smith, E. C. Allen, M. P. Patten,
ohn Dewberry, N. L. Bennett. Alter*
Lates?A. H. Dean, H. L. Farley, B.
L Lancaster, Jonn carver ana *. hl. -
Jmith.
"All in favor of ratifying the nomitation
say "aye," siid Dr. Smith.
"Stop," said Tom Moore, "are you
roing to put the negative." . ?. :
"No," said Dr. Smith. "All who
rote against the ratification of the Z
icket are hostile to the purpose of the ... " .
neeting and have no right te vete." >
The vote in the affirmative was
jretty loud, and the Chairman ven*-^^(
lured to put the negative,but the vote
igainst ratification was so abruug uuv
vhen a division wascalled for he reused
it, and declared the delegation
di elected.
A. 6ECOHD MEETING.
Capt. J. W. Stribling, . the County
Chairman of the Fanners' Association,
ieciding that this waa not a meeting
>f the Farmers' Association, called an)ther
meeting. This meeting was
lomposed entirely of farmers. Capt.
JtriViing was elected Chairman, and
3r. W. Turner secretary. They went
ntp an election of delegates,wnich resulted
as follows:
T. E. Moore, 8. Jtt. Mason, J. w.
PPofford, Jas. H. Anderson, Jv B. O.
Landrum, Moses Foster, J. M/ taapiams
J. J. Vernon, N. F. Walker, J.
iV. Stribling. Alternates?C. Eber
Smith, W. J. Smith, A. P. Lancaster.
?. L. Anderson.
They will contest for seats in the '-vJ-SSjjJ
:onvention.?Spartanburg Herald.
AX INFIDEL'S PHILOSOPHY.
The ?xtraordiur7 Last Moment* ?t ?
Tieoia UalTeriitr PrafMwr.
A most remarkable deathbed scene
book place in Vienna three weeks ago.
nrH-- 1 -fit- ntA. ? TTATiner nrnfoMAI*
1H6 flCrU VI lb WJ? a j vuja^ j^t vavmmv* .
at the university there. He w? a man i
of great brilliancy and learning. His M
lectures concerning the inner life of
the soul were famous amorA the fl
students, who visited them in
He was rejzaided by his fellow A
scrs in the philosophical facoltfl
coming man in the dapaxJsM
psychology. Socially, also^hefl
man of considerable prominent Bj
vras married into a wealthy* H
and took every opportunity tA
JUS Wilt) auu fanicc viuivuvu^H
pleasure which the gay
capital affords. At the thea?
promenade-Jand at the grfl B
balls he was cne of the mosS
Four years ago he fell ill S
curable disease, and his^pfiy^B
warned him that only a radical coH
from his gay mode ot life could hicM
for a short time- the progress of
malady. The young professor an\
swered quietly that he would die as ai
philosopher should die, without an\
effort to defer his last day. He ate,;
drank, studied, lectured, and danced
exactly as he did. before the doctor
warned him. A few weeks ago he lay
down on his death bed. He read/Tlie c-?*5
same books and talked of the same
frivolous amusements *s usual up to
one evening about three weeks ago.
At 8 o'clock the doctor then told him
that he would die within a few hours.
The young professor discussed many
topics entirely foreign to the subject
of his fast-approaching death with" his
wife till midnight.
"I feel well, very well," he said to
her finally, "se well that I would like
to drink a bottle of champagne with 4
you before I go. Kiss me?for I m
go while you are away?an
the wine put ea ice^MBU^